Time Warner Cable answers some questions at BoS Meeting 6/4/2009

So what happened to channel 4? Mike explained that Moultonboro is in the Portland marketing area not Boston. As such, Channel 4 was considered "out of market" by TWC. This is purely based upon advertiser preference and decided at a higher level at TWC. He added that as an analog channel it took up a lot of bandwidth . This one channel can now free up space for many digital channels.

He was asked how many subscribers TWC had in Moultonboro and he did not have that information with him.

The Selectmen were asked how much money of the franchise fee has been expended in the build out to underserved areas of town. To date there is about $32,000 in the fund. (Note from the MCA: It is only since 2008 that this franchise fee was put into a separate fund. Prior to that it went into the general fund to offset taxes)

Sheridan Road was discussed at length. TWC franchise agreement requires them to offer service for areas where there is at least 15 houses per mile.  Sheridan Road has about 11 houses per mile. This was grandfathered from Adelphia. Typically TWC will look for 25-30 houses per mile; Cost to wire will range from $15K to $30K per mile. 

Mike will provide a letter to the BoS with details of what he discussed tonight as well as number of subscribers.